ALGAR (ELECTRIC MOTORS) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01405271 · ltd · incorporated 1978-12-13
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 43.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 43.2y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 43.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1000 | 1000 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-16📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-07-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-07-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-01-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-12-14➕LLOYD, Thomas Michael appointeddirector
- 2021-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-11-09➖GARDNER, Ronald Arthur resigneddirector
- 2004-04-15🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2001-04-14➕GARDNER, Colin appointeddirector
- 2001-04-11➕GARDNER, Ian appointeddirector
- 2000-07-30➖LEE, Ronald George resigneddirector
- 1999-02-01➕GARDNER, June appointedsecretary
- 1999-02-01➖LEE, Ronald George resignedsecretary
- 1998-02-15➖ALLEN, Victor Charles resigneddirector
- 1994-06-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1983-05-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1978-12-13🏢Company incorporatedAs ALGAR (ELECTRIC MOTORS) LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 48 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ian Gardner Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 12/04/2022 |
Mr Colin Gardner Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 12/04/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Brian Peter Gardnerceased 12/04/2022· 50-75% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1978-12-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation
Registered office
Southfield Place
Stanton Harcourt Road
Eynsham Witney
Oxon
OX29 4PB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-08-01
Last: 2026-07-18
Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)
Active
Active
GARDNER, Colin→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2001-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GARDNER, Ian→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2001-04-11
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LLOYD, Thomas Michael→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2021-12-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LEE, Ronald George→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1999-02-01
ALLEN, Victor Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~107y · resigned 1998-02-15
GARDNER, Ronald Arthur→
Resigneddirector · ~111y · resigned 2010-11-09
LEE, Ronald George→
Resigneddirector · ~94y · resigned 2000-07-30
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 15/04/2004 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 09/06/1994 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 31/05/1983 | — |
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Recent filings (106 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-16
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-10